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It will be offered with turbodiesel engines (TDI), turbocharged gasoline engines (TSI), mild hybrid turbocharged gasoline engines (eTSI) and plug-in hybrid systems (eHybrid). The Tiguan will be one of the first vehicles in its class to be available with optional HD matrix headlights.

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JUNE 23, 2016

The Volkswagen Group will begin equipping the Group’s new TSI and TFSI gasoline direct injection engines with gasoline particulate filters (GPF). liter TSI engine in the new VW Tiguan and the Audi A5 in June 2017. This will reduce particulate emissions from the direct injection gasoline engines by up to 90%.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Mercedes-Benz has chosen a high performance polyamide largely made from renewable resources for the engine cover of the brand-new Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Mercedes-Benz A-Class engine cover in bio-based polyamide from DSM. Photo: DSM Engineering Plastics) Click to enlarge. MPa load (DTUL) of 200°C.

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MAY 16, 2013

Mercedes-Benz’s new generation flagship S-Class, introduced at an elaborate event at Airbus in Finkenwerder, marks a number of technology firsts in numerous areas from comfort, to driver control, to efficiency. All the engines already meet the requirements of the Euro-6 emissions standard. New S 400 HYBRID. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has issued a funding notice ( PON-12-504 ) for advanced natural gas engine research and development concepts for light heavy-duty vehicles (LHDV) and medium heavy-duty vehicles (MHDV) (Classes 3–7) operated in fleets throughout California. grams/brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr) or lower.

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JULY 10, 2014

Ingenium engine. Jaguar Land Rover has revealed some details about its new Ingenium family of efficient diesel and gasoline engines. This helps give Ingenium the configurability and flexibility around which smaller or larger engines can quickly and efficiently be developed to meet future regulatory and competitive requirements.

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APRIL 25, 2023

Enter the 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Arcane automotive chronicles notwithstanding, the new E-Class plays the role of a large-and-in-charge sedan exceedingly well. Flush-fitting door handles pop out at the ready, while the rear is home to two-section LED lights with a new contour and special star design. The E 350 gets a 2.0L

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MARCH 9, 2016

Mercedes-Benz has launched the new tenth-generation E-Class, introduced at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this January. The new generation features technology innovations in a number of areas, including driver assistance and powertrains, with new efficient engines and a plug-in hybrid version. Earlier post.)

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billion) in its strategic engine initiative. The optimization of advanced high-tech engines plays a key role in our road map towards sustainable mobility. The new engines] also need to be designed with a view to all current and future requirements. The result is a dynamic engine response with no turbo lag. —Prof.

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JULY 11, 2017

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), one of the organizations at the root of uncovering the Volkswagen diesel emission scandal ( earlier post ), has published a new analysis of developments and trends in advanced diesel engine technology. —Isenstadt and German (2017). Background.

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The California Air Resource Board (CARB) is awarding $7 million to CALSTART to develop a Class 8 truck that will achieve a 90% reduction in NO x along with a 15-20% fuel efficiency improvement. This program will demonstrate the first diesel engine to comply with the state standard. We’re aiming at the heart of the Class 8 market.

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MARCH 31, 2014

The C 180 (115 kW) with manual transmission was taken as the base variant of the new C-Class at market launch for the lifecycle analysis; it was compared with the corresponding preceding model. Production of the new C-Class results in a higher CO 2 emissions than in the case of the predecessor (7.3 The new C-Class.

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powertrain assembly plant will build Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz models. The collaboration marks the first production of Mercedes-Benz engines in the North America Free Trade region. In 2011, Decherd produced more than 580,000 engines on a covered area of more than 1.2

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liter 3-cylinder MIVEC (Mitsubishi Innovate Valve timing Electronic Control) engine to a new version of the INVECS-III (Intelligent & Innovative Vehicle Electronic Control System) CVT transmission. L/100km) on the JC08 cycle, making the Mirage the most fuel efficient registered gasoline car in Japan. km/liter (64 mpg US, 3.7

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has acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of OMVL SpA and OMVL’s 51% share of Juniper Engines Inc. Ian Scott, President of Juniper Engines, will manage the combined companies while Maurizio Grando, Managing Director of OMVL, will continue to manage the Italian operations. In 2009, Juniper Engines introduced its new 2.0-liter

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Located between the engine and the transmission, this electrical machine combines the functions of a starter and alternator. Gliding mode: when the driving situation and charge level of the battery allow, the combustion engine is decoupled from the powertrain and switched off, so that the vehicle can coast freely. Stop/start system 2.0:

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a new 5-liter V8 diesel engine designed to power pickup-and-delivery vehicles, other light- and medium-duty trucks, school buses and motorhomes. extends Cummins range of on-road diesel engines for North American vehicles. —Dave Crompton, Cummins Vice President and General Manager – Engine Business. The new ISV 5.0

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JUNE 30, 2014

(EDI), a producer of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and continuously variable transmission (CVT) solutions ( earlier post ), is partnering with Greenkraft , CALSTART, and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop a Class-4 vehicle that combines the benefits of compressed natural gas (CNG) and PHEV technology.

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Area 1: Systems Level Technology Development, Integration and Demonstration for Efficient Class 8 Trucks. Achieving the overall goal of the 50% increase in vehicle freight efficiency is to be achieved through efficiency improvement in advanced vehicle systems technologies and advanced engine technologies.

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Driven by two electric motors, it meets all the requirements of class VR9 protection without any limitations, as does the new combustion-engine BMW 7 Series Protection (fuel consumption combined in WLTP cycle: 15.6 Civilian security vehicles are divided into the resistance classes VR1 to VR10. The new BMW i7 xDrive60 Protection.

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EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize an opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine family ( earlier post ), showcased its EM100 (100mm cylinder bore) base module implementation at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington DC last week. Cutaway diagram of the opoc engine.

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ision e: a plug-in hybrid concept version of its V-Class MPV ( earlier post ). The four-cylinder gasoline engine has an output of 155 kW (210 hp) and develops a maximum torque of 350 N·m (258 lb-ft), while the electric motor delivers 90 kW and 340 N·m (250 lb-ft) of torque. Class as a private or business vehicle.

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A team from the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa is developing a new one-pot process to produce gasoline-grade (C 6 –C 18 ) hydrocarbon oil from polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)—an energy storage material formed from renewable feedstock in many bacterial species. Metabolix and PHB. 2015.07.107.

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The resulting glassy polymer membranes demonstrated nonthermal membrane fractionation of light crude oil through a combination of class- and size-based “sorting” of molecules. —Vijay Swarup, vice president of research and development at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company. —Thompson et al.

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Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will consolidate their joint diesel engine development and production under the control of TICO. TICO currently manufactures gas, gasoline and diesel engines in classes ranging from 1,000 cc to 5,200 cc. Current TICO light-duty diesels.

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APRIL 26, 2016

The FOA will include the three areas of interest: medium- and heavy-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs); direct injection propane engine; and alternative fuel vehicle community partner projects. Direct Injection Propane Engine. Recent advances in DI technology have enabled higher efficiency spark-ignited gasoline engines.

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In addition to some design enhancements, the new Golf features new engines (including the Millerized 1.5L As a world-first in the compact class, the top-of-the-range “Discover Pro” infotainment system can be operated by gesture control. The new Golf initially sees the debut of the new turbocharged gasoline engine EA211 “1.5

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The normal driving results were averaged across 14 different brands of tire tested on a Mercedes C-Class driven with average dynamics on the road, with just the driver and no payload in the vehicle. As testament to the filtration efficiency of the latest gasoline particulate filters (GPFs), tailpipe mass emissions are now as low as 0.02

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In October 2015, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) launched a broad, joint effort to co-optimize the development of efficient engines and low greenhouse-gas fuels for on-road vehicles with the goal of reducing petroleum consumption by 30% by 2030 beyond what is already targeted. How do engine parameters affect efficiency?

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JULY 14, 2016

The upside of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines is widely seen as being improved fuel economy coupled with an increase in specific power (especially with turbocharging), enabling significant downsizing. In other words, while the use of GDI engines can reduce CO 2 , it also can increase BC—contributing to further warming.

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Researchers at several DOE national laboratories are organizing a new initiative—New Fuels and Vehicle Systems Optima (Optima)—targeting the development and market introduction of co-optimized new fuels and light-, medium- and heavy-duty engines which together could achieve very significant performance improvements.

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APRIL 9, 2016

A US-wide county-level study comparing lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from several light-duty passenger gasoline and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has found that PEVs can have larger or smaller carbon footprints than gasoline vehicles depending on regional factors and the specific vehicle models being compared.

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the developer of Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF) and diesel DSF cylinder deactivation technology for combustion engines, reported at the International Vienna Motor Symposium that its product Dynamic Motor Drive (DMD) ( earlier post ) mitigates efficiency losses of electric motors while significantly reducing reliance on rare-earth materials.

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Vehicle technologies include conventional internal combustion engines, hybrid-electric systems, battery-electric vehicles, and fuel-cell-electric vehicles. New pathways for co-optimized fuels and engines. The team added four pathways for fuels for use in engines co-optimized with drop-in biofuel blends to improve engine performance.

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Aerodynamic improvements, weight savings and engine enhancements have reduced fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions across the range. Toyota anticipates a 1/3 full hybrid, 1/3 gasoline, 1/3 diesel engine mix. This has been achieved within the new Auris gasoline engine range through the use of high, 11.5:1

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Cutaway diagram of the opoc engine. Navistar International Corporation has reached a development agreement with EcoMotors International in support of the company’s opoc (Opposed-Piston, Opposed-Cylinder) engine architecture. The opoc engine has very high power density of nearly one horsepower per pound. Click to enlarge.

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